Contemporary battles over transgender rights reinvigorate the figure of the innocent,
ignorant, and vulnerable child at risk and in need of protection. However, critical childhood …

NAEYC. org/resources/pubs/VOP in the national conversation about the many ways in which
teachers of young children are professionals who can and must promote equity in early …

This ethnographic case study takes place in a dual language kindergarten classroom at a
Title IK–8 urban school that enrolls predominantly Latinx students in the southwest United …

This qualitative case study examined the experiences of 10 current and former students
enrolled in an early childhood education teacher preparation program (ECETPP) at a Latine …

Kristi was a preservice teacher in the teacher education program who obviously believed in
the power of play. While many early childhood educators agree with Kristi, there are …

Although I'm only fourteen, I know quite well what I want, I know who is right and who is
wrong, I have my opinions, my own ideas and principles, and although it may sound pretty …

Children's interests are often used as a rationale in child-centered approaches to build
emergent curriculum that is tailored to young children's motivations for learning. Against a …

Caught between reverence and dismissal, play has long been a fixture of childhood and
youth. However, play is far from uncontested terrain and in this session we bring together …

This commentary by Megina Baker makes clear that teacher research has a new generation
of scholars who are passionate about the methodology and are ready to lead us into the …